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Info Eduard - May 2011
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Info Eduard - May 2011
EVENTS
Dimensional check of MiG-21BIS
in Berlin-Gatow
To verify or negative the mind about the different
nose of the MiG-21BIS, we made a quick trip to
Berlin. We were four, MiG-21 chief designer Lada
Jonas, designer Standa Archman (he designed
OEFFAG 153/253 or Fw190D in past months),
pre-production adjustment manager Mirek Horcic-
ka (he co-ordinates decal, photo etch, box, and
instruction sheet design for the kit production) and
Vladimir Sulc, our boss. Thanks Andreas Beck and
Dr.Jürgen Willisch, we had nice occasion to study
MiG-21BIS directly in Luftwaffenmuseum Berlin-
-Gatow. After three hours of our study and dimen-
sional check, we know that the nose of the BIS is
really wider about 22 mm on the diameter of the
fuselage after the front steel intake ring than MF.
It means some 0,4 wider intake requested on the
1/48th scale kit, which is nothing terrible, but, un-
fortunately, the shape of the rst 15 cm nose seg-
ment is also different. It means that we will design
new fuselage, although there is no other change
on the rest of fuselage, except the rear top of the
back. It is an amazing result, isn´t it?